Some performers sang outdoors, including Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton and Sam Hunt, who sang "Downtown's Dead" in downtown Nashville, walking the streets and going into bars during the performance.

Dan + Shay, who also performed, picked up duo video of the year.

Carly Pearce won breakthrough video of the year and cried as she walked to the stage to collect her trophy.

‘Tonight’: Drinko With Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds and Jimmy Fallon take turns dropping discs into random cups filled with things like "blood," egg and cheese, bacon and bone broth, then drinking a cocktail made out of the combined ingredients in this Plinko-like game.

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"Y'all, I sat in the stands with my mom ... wondering if I'd get here," she said. "Oh my goodness, I'm freaking out."

She won the award for her hit song, "Every Little Thing," telling the audience before she walked away: "To the guy that broke my heart, 'Thank you!'"

The CMT Music Awards, which kicked off with a spoof of the Royal Wedding, honors the year's best country music videos.